Bill text
ACE Veterans Act
118-HR9094Introduced in House7/23/20241,879 characters
This is the text of the Introduced in House version, as published by the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Heard added line breaks and the quotation marks the printed bill shows; the words are unchanged. Bills change as they move, so check the official document for the current version. Heard is not affiliated with the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
I
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9094
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23, 2024
Ms. Underwood
(for herself,
Ms. Sherrill
,
Mr. Cohen
, and
Mrs. Hayes
) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL
To amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow a veteran to receive a full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other hormonal contraceptive products, and for other purposes.
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Access to Contraception Expansion for Veterans Act” or the “ACE Veterans Act”.
2. Full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other hormonal contraceptive products
(a) Full year supply
Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1720J the following new section:
1720K. Full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other hormonal contraceptive products
(a) Request for full year supply
The Secretary shall ensure that a veteran who is enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment under section 1705 of this title and who receives a prescription for contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, or other hormonal contraceptive products may, upon request, fill such prescription as a full year supply.
(b) Notice
A veteran described by subsection (a) shall be notified of the option for a full year supply provided by subsection (a) at the time at which the prescription is issued.
.
(b) Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720J the following new item:
1720K. Full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other hormonal contraceptive products.
.
Verify this text
- SHA-256 of the file
- dddf6e1baa2f50b43faacf62d155a59df2aa513705811aad0011f28ee696aaba
- Fetched
- 10/26/2026, 9:19:10 PM